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# This Week In Ditmas Park
- URL: https://bklyner.com/week-ditmas-park-13-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2015-01-25T14:30:25.000Z
- Updated: 2015-01-25T02:03:01.000Z
- Author: Anna Gustafson
- Tags: Aaron Craig, Alex Craig, Auria Abraham, Auria’s Malaysian Kitchen, Beverley Concert Series, Brooklyn ARTery, Jesse Stacken, Joe Brancaccio, #API-Imported

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Here’s a recap of what happened in our neighborhood last week:

• After sitting dormant for nearly 40 years, [the Kings Theatre reopened](/blog/news/shuttered-nearly-four-decades-stunning-kings-theatre-reopens-following-95-million-renovation).

• Elected officials, neighborhood leaders, and others [celebrated Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte’s inauguration](/blog/politics/assemblywoman-rodneyse-bichottes-inauguration-narratives-overcoming-barriers).

• [The lights are back on](/blog/business/lights-back-flatbush-development-corporation-cb-14-business-leaders-work-fix-dimly-lit-newkirk-plaza-passageway) in Newkirk Plaza’s Marlborough passageway!

• Two teens were arrested and [charged with trying to rob an 80-year-old woman](/blog/crime/two-teens-arrested-charged-trying-rob-80-year-old-woman-nypd).

• [Murrow High School went under lockdown](/blog/crime/murrow-high-school-went-lock-afternoon-no-one-harmed) after a teacher believed she spotted intruders.

• Looking for something to do today? [Try some of Auria’s sambal at Brooklyn ARTery](/blog/sponsored/sunday-sample-aurias-amazing-sambal-brooklyn-artery-promoted).

• Hey, business owners! [Learn about resources that are available to you this Wednesday](/blog/business/cb-14-invites-business-owners-neighbors-merchants-roundtable-january-28-rsvp-now).

• Brooklyn Banya was named [one of the best indoor activities in the city](/blog/business/brooklyn-banya-named-one-best-indoor-activities-nyc).

• [Joe Brancaccio celebrated five years of busting balls](/blog/food/six-feet-food-cooked-675-square-feet-brancaccios-food-shop-celebrates-five-years-fort-hamilton-parkway) at his Fort Hamilton food oasis.

• Lark Café’s owner, Kari Browne, [opened her newest coffee spot](/blog/food/lark-cafe-owners-new-coffee-shop-elk-opens-friday) at 154 Prospect Park Southwest.

• The deli at Newkirk and E. 17th is [slated to open any day now](/blog/business/deli-newkirk-avenue-e-17th-street-soon-open).

• The view from Cortelyou, [as seen through neighbor Michael Hirshon’s pen](/blog/neighbors/view-cortelyou-road-seen-neighbor-michael-hirshons-pen).

• [Neighbors Aaron & Alex Craig on their collaboration with Sufjan Stevens](/blog/neighbors/aaron-alex-craig-collaboration-sufjan-stevens-rodeos-falling-love-ditmas-park) on a slow-motion rodeo film at BAM.

• [Neighbor and pianist Jesse Stacken on the Beverley Concert Series](/blog/events/neighbor-jesse-stacken-on-saturdays-beverley-concert-series-and-how-ditmas-park-has-changed-him), how Ditmas Park has changed him & more.

• Our commute is [about to get pricier](/blog/transportation/fare-hikes-headed-way-march).

• [Meet the Prospect Park Alliance’s new president ](/blog/events/meet-prospect-park-alliance-president-hear-plans-park)and hear what she’s planning for the park.